NEW YORK, June 4, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New York- based securities law firm, Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP announced that it has represented Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. as the sole placement agent in a $20 million public offering for Spherix, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPEX). The company offered a Series J preferred stock at a purchase price of $2.00 per share. Spherix Inc. is traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the trading symbol “SPEX”. The Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP team was led by partners Harvey Kesner, Richard A. Friedman and associates Tara Guarneri-Ferrara, and counsel Avital Even-Shoshan.

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